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[QUOTE=ayaasan;4391833]Just a quick note, here's a list of conventions in Southern California for the rest of the year :)

~~Although it's over now, the first May of every year is free comic book day! Most comic book stores participate.[/QUOTE]
Wow I've never heard about this! :O

[QUOTE=ayaasan;4391833]AM-Squared: June 15th-17th at the Anaheim Convention Center. Haven't been personally, but I've heard great things about it. It's the same founders as Anime Expo. [/QUOTE]
So this I have heard of. I might go, though I need to convince my mother or earn more money for some sort of transportation there.

[QUOTE=ayaasan;4391833]Anime Expo: June 29th-July 2nd at the LA Convention Center. The convention to go to for anime fans apparently. I haven't been since they moved from Anaheim due to a waning interest in Anime/Manga, but it's THE convention to go to for Anime fans ;)
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I really want to go to this!!! :/

[QUOTE=ayaasan;4391833]Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo: September 15-16 at the LA Convention Center. It's the second year, and Stan himself is now the official sponsor! Much smaller scale, but a super friendly atmosphere.

Conjecture: October 5-7 at the Town and Country in Mission Vallery: I think it's run by the same people as Anime Conji, although it's theme leans more toward scifi/fantasy. [/QUOTE]

Never heard about these.

[QUOTE=ayaasan;4391833]November 3rd-4th: Long Beach Comic Con at the Long Beach Convention Center. I LOVE this small convention! Already have my hotel booked.[/QUOTE]
I've wanted to go to this too! And a day before my birthday xD

[QUOTE=ayaasan;4391833]There's also Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Disneyland, a ticketed which allows anyone regardless of age to dress up at the park and includes special events, rare character meet and greets, a Halloween parade, and trick-or-treat stations.

Hope this helps![/QUOTE]
I went to this last year! It was sooo much fun seeing everyone all dressed up! :D I took pictures with some of the theme park villains that were there! :D

I'm actually thinking about going to Anime Vegas, only because I have a brother who lives in Vegas so if I can go I'd ask him if I could spend the night there and the PLUS part of it is that I'll get to finally visit him! He can't always come and see us because he works a lot and he moved over there to be with his son :'(

Oooh~! A San Diego board that isn't filled to the brim with advertisements and such! I'm in the Southern California area and I attend AX and CC. I've also done some traveling with Kawaii Kon in Hawaii and Otakon in Maryland. I used to know a lot of people in the cosplay world and then I moved and CC got super expensive and I feel like people dropped off the earth. D: And I'm sad.

I've only done anime/ book cosplays so far. But I really want to get into some Comic-type cosplays. >_

I'm personally not IN IN San Diego, but I'm in the SD county. I used to go to SDCC for a few years but like La Tulipe, it got to expensive. I now go to Anime Expo and I'm going to AM2 this year. I have attended SoCal cosplay gatherings run by Naru (which she hasnt hosted in in two years :( ).

[QUOTE=La Tulipe Noire;4393150]Oooh~! A San Diego board that isn't filled to the brim with advertisements and such! I'm in the Southern California area and I attend AX and CC. I've also done some traveling with Kawaii Kon in Hawaii and Otakon in Maryland. I used to know a lot of people in the cosplay world and then I moved and CC got super expensive and I feel like people dropped off the earth. D: And I'm sad.

I've only done anime/ book cosplays so far. But I really want to get into some Comic-type cosplays. >_&lt;[/QUOTE]
Yeah not many people cosplay anymore in CC because of the prices that jumped big time! A lot of people go there a lot more now because of the convention holding movies/tv shows panels. I mean I love going to those too but I'd really wish it wasn't so darn expensive :/ wow you went to Kawaii Kon and Otakon! :O

[QUOTE=LeanaMee101;4393155]I'm personally not IN IN San Diego, but I'm in the SD county. I used to go to SDCC for a few years but like La Tulipe, it got to expensive. I now go to Anime Expo and I'm going to AM2 this year. I have attended SoCal cosplay gatherings run by Naru (which she hasnt hosted in in two years :( ).[/QUOTE]

I'm planning on going to AM2 too because it's free :) and I'd like to visit other cons besides CC. I've never been to a cosplaying gathering or group.

Yes, they do go. And it's really disappointing because going to CC now has become sort of a trendy thing. Even if you don't like comics, you're 'cool' if you go to Comic-con. It's so over-run, I remember going when you could buy tickets the day of! It's nice for all the famous-ish people I guess, but it kind of takes away from the whole experience when half the people there look at you like you're crazy if you're in costume. Well, I go to school in Hawaii so that wasn't hard to attend. xD And Otakon I have friends out there so I went to visit. AX is fun, last year was my first year~

Yeah I know exactly what you mean. I see a bunch of people that are there that I have never seen there before that wouldnt go there if it wasn't for the famous people. Well I like see the famous people as well but I see a ton of other stuff as well. Last year when I went I saw a girl/lady wearing a candy corn outfit that you buy from party city. I kinda felt bad hoping that someone tricked her into wearing it. There are more non cosplayers every year and less cosplayers. And they usually hang out up stairs.
If I had a way to get to AX I would sooo go! And isn't AX less expensive than CC?

Yes. We all used to meet at Ballroom 20! And now security is so tight and people are so crazy there there isn't a place to rest or sit.. Or socialize. It's keep moving, get out of the way, don't sit there. I like seeing the famous people, but I'd never stand and wait in those lines.. Unfortunately that makes it pretty repetitive.
A train should get you in the area of AX, xD I think? AX is much less expensive, especially with the price raises, though it's the hotel you have to worry about~

I know! I've totally stopped asking to take people's pictures at CC. D: It isn't worth getting yelled at. Um.. There should still be tickets for AX, it doesn't really sell out like CC does. I think they're still doing a 'pay at the door' type. And if they do that thing they did last year after around 3:00? They opened to the hall to everyone even if they didn't have a ticket.

I get a few pictures of my friends? xD Well, I enjoyed AX a lot and met a few new people there. There are ways of getting up there, just gotta sneak through the system~

Really? :O Wow! Well, I'm totally flattered and honored that you thought enough of our cosplays to take a picture. If it is us! My pictures look like 2010, so maybe! We wanted to get a whole group, and we had a lot of people but they all fell through last minute. D: